ARBUS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Corporate Social Responsibility, Whistleblower, Business Ethics
15 Dec 2013
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Laws don"t make people honest, reliable and truthful. Those who break the law should pay the consequences. Problem with laws makes people think that all behaviour within the law is acceptable. Legality is laws we have written that protect us from fraud, theft, and violence. Integrity, respect for human life, self-control, honesty, courage, self-sacrifice. Ethical behaviour needs to be exhibited in our daily lives. There are no easy solutions to ethical dilemmas. trade-offs between what is ethical v. personal or professional point of view (must choose between equally unsatisfactory alternatives) Questions to consider when facing an ethical dilemma 3 ethics check questions. It is legal - in terms of a law or company policy. Is it balanced win/lose decisions, will i win everything at the expense of another. How will it make me feel about myself if i told my family, friends, supervisor, clients (have i been warned not to disclose my actions - corrodes self esteem)
